Robert-- Regarding overflow rinses: I've always wondered how lint/scum/suds could escape from holes at the top of the tub when the action of the agitator is pulling everything toward the center.
And in the case of Unimatic Frigidaires, which have solid tubs, and shift directly from agitation to spin without a pause, wouldn't the floating lint/scum naturally be forced out when the spin started, even without an overflow during agitation?
Hi Eugene, well that is true to a certain extent but its particularly true in the Hotpoint. What's unusual about the Hotpoint is there are no agitator vanes sticking out of the Thriftivator above the to of the water line. In a speed queen per se, the vanes stick out high above the water and help push the scum and lint outward towards the exit holes. Maybe that is why Hotpoint engineers designed the extra long "static" overflow fill. On a Frigidaire you have the lint chaser ring which pushes the water, lint and scum out towards the exit holes during the overflow rinses.
and why in the world was it called Thriftivator?
I was thinking the same thing David, it makes it sound thrifty or cheap!
